way out
/weɪ ˈaʊt/ noun, adjective, adverb
Forms ways out
- noun A means of exit. “The way out is along this corridor, through there.”
- noun An act or instance of departure. “Lock the door on your way out.”
- noun (figurative) A solution to a problem; an escape. “This is a real mess. I need a way out.”
- adjective (colloquial) Unconventional, eccentric. “This modern art is too way out for me.”
- adverb Far away; to or at a great distance. “He lives way out in the middle of nowhere.”
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Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “way out”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details